Vourakis 3 was the central trade colony of the Earth Empire. It was governed by Ron Cordell. During his reign, there was a planet-wide curfew which was enforced by robots.
Planning on gaining money from the black market, Cordell hired a group of Skinks to blockade the planet from the rest of the Earth Empire. Heddy Garber came to Vourakis 3 to investigate the blockade. Three weeks after Garber arrived, the Twelfth Doctor learned of the situation and brought Garber to the Skink ship. The Doctor broke the ship's black hole drive and it was sucked into a black hole along with Cordell and all the Skinks onboard, leaving Vourakis 3 free to trade once more and without a governor. (COMIC: Pirates of Vourakis)